King Of The Dál gCais And Thormond Cennetig Mac Lorcain

Abt 896 - 957  (61 years)

• Name	Cennetig Mac Lorcain
  Title	King Of The Dál gCais And Thormond
  Birth	Abt 896	Clare, Munster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	957	Ireland
  Person ID	I7466	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Queen of Thomond Be Bind Ingen Aurchada,   b. 925, County Connaught, Ireland d. 1005, Killaloe, Ireland (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. High King of Ireland Brian Bïauma Mac Cennetig,   b. Abt 940, Clare, Munster, Ireland d. 23 Apr 1014, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F4004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Cennétig mac Lorcáin (died 951), was a prominent king of the Dál gCais ( o r " D a l cassians") and king of Tuadmumu. He raised the dynasty in power, f r o m r e g ional vassals of the kings of Munster, to challenging for the ki n g s h i p himself. He was the father of Brian Boru, who would continue Cen n é t i g 's war-like rise to power, by becoming High King of Ireland in 100 2 . He was the first King of the Dál gCais to lead an army outside his own t e r r i t ory (approximately modern day County Clare) and lead raids along t h e S h a n non, reaching as far north as Athlone. Through the 940s, Cennéti g e n g a g ed in an ongoing series of wars against the Eóganachta, the then r u l i n g d ynasties of Munster, with the aim of becoming king of Munster hi m s e l f . His daughter Orlaith married the High King Donnchad Donn as part o f a n a l l i ance between the Dál gCais and the Uí Neill against the King o f M u n s t er, Cellachán Caisil. He lost the Battle of Gort Rotacháin at Ma g D ú i n i n 9 44 to Cellachán, where two of his sons are said to have died . A n L e a b har Muimhneach ("The Book of Munster") reports that he won a b at tl e a g a inst Cellachán at Inis Locha Saingleann (Singland, Limerick).